Reclining-chair.



J. FLINDALL.

REGLINING CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 1a 1909.

9 0 g 1 7. 0w 8 D d 8 t n e t a P shoes 1 50a UNITED STATES JOHNFLINDALL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

REGLINING-CHAIR.

To all whom it may concern:

1 3e it known that I, JOHN F LINDALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Reclining-Chairs; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 7

This invention relates to improvements in chairs, and particularly toreclining chairs, and has for an object the provision of means for thehorizontal and longitudinal adjustment of the chair seat, and at thesame time a pivotal adjustment of the back.

A further object of the invention is the arrangement of a pivotallymounted back having pivotally secured thereto a seat arranged to beadjusted horizontally, and a continuous support secured to the top ofthe back and to one end of the seat for forming supporting means thatwill automatically conform to the position of the seat and back.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises certainnovel constructions, combinations and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of anembodiment of the invention. Fig. 2 is a section through Fig. 1approximately on line 2-2 thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail fragmentarysectional view approximately on line 33 of Fig. 2.

In the construction of a chair according to the present invention Iprovide a body or framework 1 of any desired construction having members2 of various kinds, and located as may be desired. Pivotally mountedupon the lower members 2 is a back 3 which is merely a frameworkconstructed of uprights 4-4:, and any desired number of cross pieces 5,preferably two. Pins 66 are provided for pivotally connecting the lowerend of uprights H to members 2, though if desired a rod may be used thatwill pass entirely through the ends of both of the uprights 4 -ft andthe members 2. Pivotally connected to back 3 at any desired distancefrom the lower end is a framework 7 that takes the place of the ordinaryseat of an ordinary chair. The framework 7 is pivotally connected withuprights ket by pins Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 18, 1909.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

Serial No. 478,607;

88 that only extend through the respective uprights 4-i and the sidebars of frame 7. The frame 7 is composed of side bars 9-9 and end bracesor bars l010. The side bars or apertures 11 are arranged to receive pins12 for regulating the position of frame 7 in the chair body 1. Securedto end member 10 at 14: is a strip of padded material 15 that extends tothe top of frame 3 and is secured at 16 to the back thereof. The paddedstrip 15 may be of any desired material, either padded as shown, or anordinary strip of canvas or other material that is secured at only twopoints, namely, 1% and 16 so as to give a free movement of the ma terialbetween said points for permitting automatic adjustment of the strip 15when being used. Pins 12 extend from the up rights of body portion 1only sufficiently to engage the notches 11 on side bars 99 so as not tobe in the way of strip 15.

Whenever it is desired to adjust the strip 15 so as to be positioned atvarious angles the front of the frame 7 is raised until pins 12 aredisengaged and then the frame is moved forward or backward as desiredand pins 12 caused to engage any of the notches 11. As the frame 7 ismoved backward and forward back 3 will also be correspondingly movedupon its pivot 6. By this construction and arrangement a pivotalmovement is given the back automatically as the seat frame is movedhorizontally. As will be observed the seat frame 7 and back 3 have nobraces or intermediate slats so that the strip 15 may give as desired tofit the contour of the person using the chair, and consequently presentan even support at substantially all points.

What I claim is:

1. In a chair, a rigid body portion formed with bracing members, a backpivotally secured to one of said bracing members near the bottom of saidbody portion, a substantially horizontal reciprocating seat frame,

means for pivotally securing said seat frame I of said back the seatframe Will be moved longitudinally, a pin projecting from said rigidframework and adapted to engage the notches in said reciprocating seatframefor controlling the reciprocatory movement of said seat frame, anda single supporting strip secured to the back of the upper end ofsaid-back and to the, bottom of the front end of said reciprocating seatframe, said strip passing over the top of said back and 15 the front ofsaid seat frame and forming an automatically adjustable seat.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN FLINDALL.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. FLINDALL, J. C. LIVINGSTON.

